sung
verb
a simple past tense and past participle of sing.
sung
1 American
[suhng]
/ sʌŋ /
verb
Sung
2
American
[soong]
/ sʊŋ /
Also
Song
noun
sung
1
British
/ sʌŋ /
verb
adjective
Sung
2
British
/ sʊŋ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Example Sentences
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McAfee has not, however, released an album full of songs written and sung entirely by the two-time Pro Bowl selection himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
In a broadly sweet, vivacious and gorgeously sung set Tuesday, that sentiment revealed the moral clarity that bolsters her songs about devotion and intimacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The added lyrics, sung on repeat, have a nod to past and present: "Football's coming home again, with Thomas Tuchel."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The singers were mostly upstaged by the visuals; only Ying Fang broke through with a forthright, gorgeously sung Pamina.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
For centuries, ballads, and epics were all sung, as were Biblical chants and Vedic hymns.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
That leaves “Beef,” Lee Sung Jin’s anthology series about enmity, envy and the multiple ways that blood orange juice can be made, as the presumptive front-runner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Despite predictions that North Korea could collapse after Kim Il Sung died, it remains a communist stronghold with a populace virtually cut off from the rest of the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Thousands of years later, Kim Il Sung - the founder of North Korea - reportedly used the mountain as a hideout when fighting against the Japanese.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Half a century later, Kate Hudson’s performance of the song fulfilled that ambition as the finale of “Song Sung Blue.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
He begged his interrogators to talk to Hong Sung Jo, the classmate who could confirm the story.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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